Culch (also cultch) (noun)
khulch
The stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters. / the spawn of oysters.
First recorded in 1660–70; perhaps metathetic variant of clutch (as in eggs); but note Old French culche couch
Example sentences
“We searched the estuary culch for oysters at the receding tide.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
